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Today, because of Sai Baba, Shirdi has become a famous religious tourist destination in India and is counted as one of the most popular Hindu places of pilgrimage. [36] [37] The first Sai Baba temple is situated at Kudal, Sindhudurg. This temple was built in 1922. The Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is visited by an average of 25,000 pilgrims a day.
Sai Bhajans were held regularly on Sundays and Thursdays. A marble statue of Shirdi Sai Baba was installed by Sathya Sai Baba (the Indian guru thought to have been the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba himself) on February 26, 1961. [1] This was the first time that Sathya Sai Baba formally installed an idol of Shirdi Sai Baba for daily worship.
Devotees still receive Sai Baba's Divya Darshan at his Mahasamadhi shrine, a white marble edifice decorated with flowers, in Sai Kulwant Hall (Prasanthi Nilayam), where he was laid to rest. [104] [105] Sai Baba was a lacto-vegetarian for spiritual as well as moral reasons and his followers have adopted the diet.
Sathya Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi. "Prasanthi Nilayam" means literally "Abode of the Highest Peace." [1] [2] Sathya Sai Baba gave daily darshan to his devotees in this ashram. Sathya Sai Baba was usually present in Prasanthi Nilayam from early June to the middle of March. [2] Main entrance to Prasanthi Nilayam
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The Sathya Sai Baba movement is a new religious movement inspired by South Indian Neo-Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba who taught the unity of all religions. [1] [2] [3] Some of his followers have faith in his claim to be a purna Avatar (full divine incarnation) of Shiva and Shakti, [4] who is believed to have been predicted in the Bhagavad Gita. [5]
Shirdi (pronunciation ⓘ; also known as Sainagar) is a town and pilgrimage site in the Indian state of Maharashtra. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Shirdi is located in the Rahata taluka of Ahmednagar District . It is accessible via the Ahmednagar–Malegaon State Highway No.10, approximately 83 km (52 mi) from Ahmednagar and 15 km (9.3 mi) from Kopargaon .
Sadguru Sai Baba of Shirdi lived in British India. He was initially shunned by both Hindus and Muslims, especially by Hindu Bal Bhate. Sai was a Muslim and Bal Bhate forbade him to enter any Temple. Rohila, a Muslim, who thought Sai was desecrating the local Masjid by performing Hindu prayers and incantations, attempted to kill Sai.